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Subject: LUNGS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A LUNGWORM, by ROY FULLER    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: My normal dwelling is the lungs of swine
Last Line: That must escape the knife
Subject(s): Lungs; Parasites


THE BOOK OF THE DEAD: THE DISEASE, by MURIEL RUKEYSER    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: This is a lung disease. Silicate dust makes it.
Subject(s): Lungs; Disease


TOBACCO, by WALT MASON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Tobacco is a harmful weed, the learned
Last Line: Means an early tomb.
Subject(s): Cancer (disease); Fire; Health; Lungs; Smoking; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes


TOBACCO, by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Nothing in the world like it; you can tell aristotle.'
Last Line: At how much it costs, think too what fun it is
Alternate Author Name(s): Merwin, W. S.
Subject(s): Lungs; Smells; Smoking; Substance Abuse